An Albany County
grand jury heard testimony Thursday from at least one key witness in a widening probe of former State Sen. George D. Maziarz and his campaign finances that now also involves former Niagara County Republican Chairman Henry F. Wojtaszek, according to several sources familiar with the situation.
An Albany County
grand jury heard testimonyyesterday from at least one key witness in a widening probe of former Sen. George Maziarz and his campaign finances that now also involves former Niagara County Republican Chairman Henry Wojtaszek.
Last week it was reported that
a grand jury heard two female trainers allege they were sexually assaulted by an assistant coach.
Not all evangelicals believed that Darren Wilson, a Ferguson, Missouri, police officer who killed unarmed teenager Michael Brown in August, should have been indicted in a recent
grand jury hearing.
Even before her findings were released, there were reports of new subpoenas being issued and
a grand jury hearing testimony.
It is filed by the District Attorney with a superior court when a defendant waives his or her rights to
a grand jury hearing.
Not exact matches
The process of preparing a client for multiple congressional
hearings, and possibly a
grand jury appearance, is time - consuming and expensive.
No one who is called to testify before a
Grand Jury is required to keep the
hearing private.
A
grand jury will
hear the case June 11.
The local DA aid that Jones» case will soon be
heard by a
grand jury.
The facts have been in dispute, but now a mixed - race
grand jury has
heard them and they have made their decision.
It follows that the minister may be forced to violate the sanctity of the confessional by testifying at the police station, in a pretrial
hearing, in court, before a
grand jury or even before the legislature.
Kane acted after Superior Court Judge Eugene Kelly, who has been sitting and will continue to sit in Hartford as a special one - man
grand jury,
heard testimony on widespread corruption in the sport.
Since then federal
grand juries in Las Vegas and other cities have been
hearing testimony about the Computer Group.
Lawyers for Cor Development executives Steven Aiello and Joseph Gerardi say Bharara's high - profile media tactics - including tweets, news conferences and early morning perp walks — deprived them of a fair
hearing when corruption charges were presented to a
grand jury last fall.
In the case of Garner, whose confrontation with police was captured on a dramatic video on which Garner can be
heard repeatedly saying he can't breathe, former Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan declined to release minutes from the
grand jury.
Retired Troy Police Detective Sgt. Patrick Bornt leaves the Rensselaer City Hall Thursday Sept. 28, 2017 in Rensselaer, N.Y. where a
grand jury is
hearing the case against Rensselaer County District Attorney
Retired Troy Police Detective Sgt. Patrick Bornt leaves the Rensselaer City Hall Thursday Sept. 28, 2017 in Rensselaer, N.Y. where a
grand jury is
hearing the case against Rensselaer County District Attorney Joel Abelove.
«We have
heard today from one of my US lawyers that there may be a US indictment for espionage for me coming from a secret
grand jury investigation,» the Wikileaks founder told Sky News.
District Attorney Ken Thompson said in December that he would convene a
grand jury to
hear evidence against Liang.
The
grand jury, which first convened in August, has weighed evidence — including a video recorded by bystanders of Mr. Garner's arrest — and
heard testimony from officers and emergency responders involved.
State and federal
grand juries are reportedly
hearing evidence about de Blasio administration fund - raising.
Bharara's prosecutors have been reviewing whether de Blasio traded government favors for campaign donations since at least April 2016; a
grand jury has
heard testimony; and two weeks ago Bharara's lieutenants grilled the mayor for four hours.
Wood also tossed out Skelos defense attorney motions to bar wiretap evidence gathered from Dean and Adam's phones, rejected their request for a
hearing on whether prosecutors leaked
grand jury information, and denied their motion for a more detailed description of the charges.
The indictment was returned by a federal
grand jury in New York City, which
heard evidence presented by the staff of Preet Bharara, former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York.
According to the Times, Bharara has impaneled a
grand jury to
hear allegations that Adam Skelos helped the company soak up a Nassau County contract worth as much as $ 12 million, possibly gaining an edge in the bidding from his father's lofty position in state government.
Also, we have yet to
hear much about the governor's plan to reform the criminal justice system, of which he pledged a «soup to nuts» review in the wake of the Eric Garner
grand jury decision.
Also at 9:30 a.m., a protest precedes a 10 a.m.
hearing in a state lawsuit seeking the release of
grand jury proceedings in the Eric Garner case.
The duo had wanted a
hearing into their allegation that the government «leaked
grand jury information» to the media in violation of secrecy rules — a claim federal authorities denied.
Law enforcement sources tell NY1 that a federal
grand jury is continuing to
hear testimony about the NYPD chokehold death of Eric Garner.
A federal
grand jury in Manhattan has begun
hearing evidence in the case, which focuses on two de Blasio fund - raisers — Jona Rechnitz and Jeremy Reichberg — with investigators trying to determine if the two men benefited from some type of favorable municipal action, or the promise of some action, in exchange for their donations, their fund - raising or some other gesture.
Among those discussed is allowing the release of evidence and testimony
heard by a
grand jury in cases where a civilian is killed by police.
The
grand jury did not
hear about an interview between Assemblyman Michael Norris and the FBI, for example.
The
hearing would serve as a way for attorneys to show that the
grand jury may have been misled to indict Maziarz.
Both
grand juries have
heard testimony from Working Families Party members about never receiving absentee ballots nor applying for them.
Federal and state
grand juries have been convened to
hear testimony in the cases involving City Hall, but de Blasio said Wednesday that he hasn't testified before either one.
Schneiderman's
grand jury also
heard from former Assistant District Attorney Vincent J. O'Neill, who was abruptly fired by Abelove on Oct. 6, several days after O'Neill was contacted by Schneiderman's office.
Nichols has been overseeing the
grand jury investigation, which has been
hearing testimony at the city courthouse in Rensselaer over the past two months.
The
grand jury also
heard testimony that contrasted the rapid course of the French investigation with the far longer process that followed the August 2015 shooting of Thaddeus Faison by Officer Joshua Comitale.
Schneiderman's office obtained court authorization in August to convene the Rensselaer County
grand jury, which began
hearing testimony Sept. 20 at Rensselaer City Court, about nine miles away from the county courthouse where Abelove works.
MANHATTAN — Two
grand juries have begun
hearing testimony about whether Mayor Bill de Blasio's campaign fundraising efforts violated various election laws, according to a report in The New York Times.
He announced Friday that he was impaneling a
grand jury to
hear evidence in the incident.
The case against the husband of Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks will move forward when a
grand jury is convened to
hear his testimony, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said Wednesday.
Earlier this month, following a
grand jury's decision to not indict an officer in the death of Eric Garner and the murder of two NYPD officers, Senate Republicans announced that they would hold a series of
hearings around the state weigh changes to the criminal justice system.
Among the 202 voters who agree with the
grand jury's decision and had
heard about both candidates, Donovan leads 74 - 14 percent.
Separate
grand juries have reportedly begun
hearing evidence related to the state and federal corruption investigations into the de Blasio administration.
The
grand jury, which met for two months, reviewed thousands of pages of documents and
heard testimony from 21 witnesses — including eight sexual abuse victims — did not hand down indictments, name pedophile priests or identify parishes where abuse took place due to the constraints of the law.
New York City Public Advocate Letitia James will file a brief today with the New York State Supreme Court seeking expedited appeal
hearings against the denied petitions to release
grand jury transcripts and evidence in the Eric Garner case.
Meanwhile, state and federal
grand juries have been
hearing testimony related to the separate probes into the de Blasio administration's fund - raising.
Bratton's comments came at a wide - ranging state Senate
hearing on public safety during which he forcefully defended comments Mayor Bill de Blasio made after a
grand jury declined to indict in the Eric Garner case and acknowledged the size of the NYPD's patrol force is too small.